Wolves
IFC Films | Release Date: March 3, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
We Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksMar 2, 2017
Buoyed by a strong cast, Wolves is a predictable yet powerful film that uses its multitude of sports movie and coming-of-age cliches to the best possible effect. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMar 3, 2017
Director Freundlich clearly likes to dig in deep with this kind of character material, and here it pays off in ways it really hasn’t in some of his previous feature work (which includes “Trust the Man” and “The Rebound”). Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 4, 2017
Bart Freundlich alternates somewhat arbitrarily between his various plots, leaving a lot of loose ends in the process. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMar 3, 2017
It’s all terribly cliché-ridden and predictable, and the best I can say for it is that Shannon and Gugino do their best to convince us otherwise. Read full review
50
Screen DailyGraham FullerMar 2, 2017
Save the highly predictable decider, the on-court battles are satisfyingly fast and fierce, but the tension they generate is undercut by the labored Oedipal melodrama that contains them. Read full review
50
VarietyNick SchagerMar 2, 2017
It’s a showcase for some fine acting and even finer basketball action, but neither are enough to cover for this story’s enervating formulaic construction. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 2, 2017
The film conjures a strong sense of atmosphere, with the gritty NYC locations — yes, there are still some in the gentrified city — well captured by cinematographer Juanmil Azpiroz. And the performances are first-rate.... But by the time it reaches its hoary climax...Wolves has reached such an absurd level of schmaltz that it practically feels like a parody of itself. Read full review
50
Village VoiceTatiana CraineMar 2, 2017
There's real turmoil in Freundlich's script (abuse, a crumbling marriage, pregnancy) but the problems sometimes seem tacked on for added crisis. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMar 2, 2017
There’s plenty of predatory behavior on display in the impressively acted Wolves, a curious if unsuccessful cross-breeding of gritty domestic drama with conventional coming-of-age sports crowd-rouser. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 1, 2017
The actors do nice work before things derail. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 1, 2017
Most of the cast does a fine job of turning this hooey into something serviceable. Read full review
25
The Film StageMike MazzantiMar 3, 2017
By the time the credits roll, these stronger components all feel like they are in service of a film with more digressions than conclusions, and more on its mind than it knows how to say. Read full review
25
ConsequenceNico LangMar 2, 2017
Wolves is more affecting than it should be by virtue of its cast, who deserve better, but the drama is so schematic that their Herculean efforts leave little impact. Read full review
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